Evans, a 30-year-old defensive tackle, played 94 games for the Vikings since 2007 but was beat out by the upside of rookie Shamar Stephen, a seventh-round pick in May's draft.

Crocker, a veteran safety who followed new Vikings coach Mike Zimmer from Atlanta to Cincinnati before joining him in Minnesota, was deemed expendable due to the development of third-year player Robert Blanton, who is expected to start alongside his college teammate at Notre Dame, the emerging Harrison Smith.

Coleman was a free-agent signing who spent the first four seasons of his NFL career in Philadelphia.